Meet Atlas

When I first switched from the newsroom to the web newsroom, I was surprised by all the technical constraints.
As a reporter and editor I had all the tools I needed – it was up to me to create something fit for the front page. As a web editor, content management systems and development priorities became […]

Another New Blog

I’ve set up a personal blog at rickburnes.com. Come visit.

Introducing Crime Tracker

Yesterday we launched a project we’re very excited about. It’s called Crime Tracker, it’s published on KCRA 3 in Sacramento and you can see it here.
Crime Tracker makes Sacramento’s public crime data super-easy to access. Enter your address and you find out what’s going on in your neighborhood. Easy as that.
The cool thing about this […]

New Site, New Blog

If you’re a repeat visitor to this site, you’ll notice that a few … er, everything, is different.
We were planning to create a Faneuil Media blog, but halfway through the process, Ryan Swarts, the excellent designer we’re working with said, “Hey, why not turn the whole thing into a blog?”
Good question. Why not? So we […]